Bracket.



A. C. SHOCKEY.

BBACKEL 'APPLICATION FILED IAN. 30| |917.

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ARTHUR C. SHOCKEY, 0F SHAVTNEEy QKLHOMA.

BRACKET.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.. 5, 1918.

Applica-tion filed January 30, 1917. Serial No. 145,562.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. SHOCKEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Shawnee, in the county of Pottawatomie and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following is av specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- It is an object of the present invention to provide a bracket which may have a base of any suitable form for attachment to various parts of the car,and which serves as a pivotal support for one end of the pin lifting rod and is a rest or stop for the handle end thereof.

lt is another object of the present invention to provide a bracket of this nature which may be cast from malleable iron in a single piece, and a bracket which is strong, durable and easily applied.

The above and other objects and advantages of this invention will be more particu larly brought out in the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracket constructed according to the present invention and as applied to the end of a box car, and showing a portion of a pin lifter and the hand-hold thereof engaging in the bracket.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bracket showing a part of the pin lifter therein.

Referring to this drawing, 10 designates a car of any suitable form and to which the improved bracket may be applied for supporting one end of the pin lifting rod 11. The rod 11 is provided in the usual manner with a depending` hand-hold 12 formed by bending the lever downwardly substantially at the point 13 as shown in the drawing.

In the present embodiment, the bracket is disclosed as having an elongated liat base portion 14 adapted to be placed vertically against the end wall of the car 10 and provided with suitably arranged openings for accommodating' bolts 15 or the like by means of which the bracket is rigidly secured to the car. Preferably, the base plate 14 has its frontface cored out to provide a marginal reinforcing flange about the base, and reinforcing bosses about the openings through which the bolts 15 pass. t is apparent that this base plate 14k may be given any suitable length, shape, and thickness in order to adapt the bracket for application to various parts of the car 10.

Outstanding from one edge of the base plate 14 is a supporting lug 16. The lug 16 is flat and is arranged in a vertical plane, having its outer end rounded and provided transversely therethrough with an aperture 17. The aperture 17 is elongated vertically for the reception of the elbow 13 of the pin lifting rod.

The lug or projection 16 is provided at its lower edge with a laterally extending spacing block 18 the same .being relatively thick and lying substantially in ahorizontal plane. The inner end of the block 18may be of any suitable form, and is shown in the present instance as being flat. The outer end of the block 18, however is cored to provide a concavity or seat 19 through which downwardly projects the handle portion 12 of the pin lifting rod. The block 18 forms a stop to prevent the rod 'il from turning sufiiciently to bring the hand-hold 12 against the adja cent end of the car, thus insuring the spacing of the handhold 12a distance from the car equal to the length of the block 18. The block 18 is preferably two inches in length so as to provide the prescribed distance between the adjacent part of the car and the hand-hold 12.

It is apparent that various changes and modifications may be made in the above specifically described structure of bracket withoutdeparting' from the spirit of this in vention and being restricted only by the scope of the following claims, to adapt the bracket to various conditions of use and to various types of cars upon which the saine may be placed, the essential features of the invention being the supporting lug 16 and the spacing block 18 which engages the hand-hold and limits the inward swinging of the same.

l claim:

'1.- A bracket having an elongated fiat base portion cored out to provide a marginal reinforeing flange, a series of openings formed titi vinto the base portion of said bracket, a rein- V 'forcing collar formed around each opening flush with the edge of said flange,'a forwardly projecting lug Jformed upon one of the flanges flush with one side of said bracket :o at right angles thereupon between its ends, a

block formed npon the lower edge of said lng at right angles thereto and laterally o said Vbase plate and extending below said lug,

said lug and block having a common back Wall, said lug being formed with a vertically 1.5

disposed elliptical opening and SaidY block being formed with a concave edge in line with said opening.

In testimony whereof: I aix my signature.

ARTHUR C. SHOCKEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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